MUSKOKA — Thieves came away virtually empty-handed after three of break and enters early this morning in west Muskoka. Police are investigating the pair of attempted thefts. They say that on Friday, July 19, at 2:45 a.m. officers responded to a break-in in progress at a business location on Muskoka Road 118 near Peninsula Road […]
Letter to editor: Although the lazy days of summer have begun, it is anything but at Orillia Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital. Summer is typically a busier time for accessing healthcare as we welcome the influx of seasonal visitors to our region in addition to our growing population. More people, more activities, more of everything it seems, […]
BRACEBRIDGE — The Rotary Club of Bracebridge Muskoka Lakes has donated $83,500 to the South Muskoka Memorial Hospital Foundation. Proceeds are from their 22nd annual fundraiser gala this spring, a black tie Academy Awards-themed soiree.
GRAVENHURST — Police were busy here Tuesday after an early morning accident and break and enter report. A 19-year-old Barrie man was charged July 16 after a single-vehicle collision Gravenhurst on Muskoka Beach Road near Old Muskoka Road. At 2:50 a.m. south Muskoka officers and Muskoka EMS responded to reports that the vehicle left the […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Rain hasn’t hampered construction much on the Bay & Beyond road re-development next the Muskoka Wharf. Swift progress should see the bottom section of Hwy. 169, says Nick Miandro. He’s the Trisan Construction community liaison person knocking on doors up-street today to tell home owners the company will be […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com MUSKOKA — At the height of summer the concept of Muskoka and what it means to be a Muskokan is falling apart as the two largest towns, their hospitals and permanent residents fight for health care supremacy and their very lives. As the weather and the battle heats up, it’s dividing […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com BRACEBRIDGE — Remember Red Fisher and Scuttlebutt Lodge: Tall Tale Capital of the World? It ran on CTV from 1968 to 1989. Guests included NHL greats Johnny Bower and Eddie Shack (Leafs), Stan Makita (Blackhawks), Gordie Howe (Wings), baseball legends Fergie Jenkins (Red Sox) — and even Slim Pickens (actor — […]
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com GRAVENHURST — Jack was jumpin’ Friday. Literally. The Bala ragtime pianist is the hare to Joe Biden’s tortoise. And if Donald Trump were within earshot of the Opera House, he would have heard ‘… Hutton and Friends’ tear up the stage “one more time.” Not bad for a nonagenarian. “91 and […]